On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 11:49:26 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Presumably things like modern safety features in vehicles and the
massive push against drunk driving (which 40 years ago was considered
acceptable behaviour around here) have dramatically reduced the number
of accidents, at the same time that cellphone use has increased it.

This is the *only* logical argument to date that satisfies the paradox.

The question is whether or not it's true, since the *rates* of accident
decline appear to be unaffected by the rates of cellphone ownership.

So, what is the corresponding "safety feature" that *exactly* matched the
skyrocketing cellphone ownership numbers in the USA?

NOTE: This is why rec.autos.tech was initially added.